Sir Michael Bruce, 11th Baronet

Sir Michael William Selby Bruce, 11th Baronet (27 March 1894 – 2 May 1957) was an author and soldier.

Sir Michael William Selby Bruce
Born	27 March 1894 United States
Died	2 May 1957 (aged 63) Vancouver, British Columbia

Early life and education

The son of Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet (1856–1912), of West Drayton, Middlesex, director of an art gallery and his wife Angelica Lady Bruce (died 1917), daughter of General George Selby, Royal Artillery. Michael Bruce entered Abingdon School from October 1907–1910.[1]

Career

He then joined the British South Africa Police as a trooper (1913). After First World War service with the Royal Artillery at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, Bruce became a traveller, largely in Africa and South America, and an author and newspaper columnist. During the Second World War he served in a barrage balloon unit, with 901 (County of London) squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, and was wounded again.[2] Later in the war he was Senior Weapons Instructor for glider pilots at Bridgnorth.[3]

Personal life

He was the elder brother of Nigel Bruce, the actor.[4] He married Elizabeth Constance Plummer of Toronto in 1933 and after her death during World War II, married again in 1945. He died at Vancouver, British Columbia in 1957.[5]

See also

• List of Old Abingdonians

Bibliography

• Songs from the Saddle (1916)
• Sails and Saddles (1929)
• Tramp Royal (1954),(Autobiographical) First published by Elek (UK) and then Ryerson Press (Canada)
• Currie Jack Mosquito Victory Goodall 1983 Mentioned as Senior Weapons Instructor for glider pilots, and out on the town in London with actress Frances Day.

References

1. "Register". Abingdon School.
2. This is from 'The Peerage'. The source is here
3. Currie J. - Mosquito Victory 1983 ISBN 0-907579-03-5
4. "Register". Abingdon School.
5. "Obituary" (PDF). The Abingdonian.